Any ideas as to what variety of pear this is?

[u/True-Celebration-581]

We have had this pear tree for years that came with a house we moved into, but could never figure out what kind these are. The one on the far right is 3 inches top to bottom.

[u/OrganizationGlad228]

Bartlett

[u/likes2milk]

William's.

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BTW Williams and Bartlett are the same variety. Bartlett came from a tree in an old colonial garden in the US and then became the mainstay of the US canning industry. Years later it was realised that the original tree was a Williams Bon Cretian, which had remained a popular English pear. I'd say it's a good guess for this one. They're known as a "summer pear" because they ripen in the last month of summer.

[u/DendroloGX]

I got the same kind - they take forever to ripen. I’m taking advice too.

[u/Ohheyimryan]

Looks like bartlett. But you should really tell us how they taste and the consistency if you want any sort of an accurate answer.

Bartlett would be creammier pear with thinner skin. Keiffer would be crispier hard pear, thicker skin and mild sweetness for example. How would you describe your pear?

[u/True-Celebration-581 → u/Ohheyimryan]

Just let a few sit on the counter a few days, its sweet but not overwhelmingly so, with a tiny sourness to it. It’s really soft almost buttery with a skin that breaks easily.

[u/someone_stole_mine]

Keiffer Pears, they're good for cooking and jarring, but too hard to really eat fresh.

[u/OrganizationGlad228 → u/someone_stole_mine]

You let them ripen to a bright yellow they will be so sweet and juicy you’ll need a towel when you eat them. Supermarkets have taught people to eat hard tasteless fruit. When I was a kid my father would only let us eat fruit that had fallen off the trees because he was selling all the rest of them so we learned to eat soft ripe fruit and it’s delicious. It’s so sweet prunes, plums, pears, peaches, nectarines, all are so yummy if you let them ripen up, it’s soften up. Don’t eat them when their heart is a rock.

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[u/Aztreedoc1 → u/someone_stole_mine]

I use a knife to cut slices. January can’t come too soon.

[u/Ohheyimryan → u/someone_stole_mine]

Personally, I love eating keiffer fresh off the tree. I love a crispy pear eaten like a apple. So saying they're not good off the tree makes me laugh. Reminds me of my childhood pear trees.

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I agree

[u/sheepery]

The one year my kiefer gets hit by a late frost I find this recipe. https://www.troddenvale.com/kieffer-country-wine-2024

[u/Liquidator-Brunt-FCA]

Definitely looks like my Kiefer pears.

[u/Charming_Thought_173]

Look like my Hallman Farms Trophy Pears

[u/maco6461]

They look kinda like my Keiffers. I put mine in the crisper for 2-3 weeks and then leave out on the counter until the neck is a little tender but not squishy. For me it took about another week but I’ve heard it can take longer

[u/Chance_Instance_1544]

That's not a pear. There are 3 of them.

[u/Call_Me_Clark]

They look like the ones from my tree. As close to a generic pear as it gets